The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-06-28
The State Teachers.


Sweet Springs, Mo-, June 22.-Yester-
day morning the teachers OF The State met
here in the twenty-sixth annual session of
the State Association, with full attend
snce. President III. *. Warren, of Hanni-
] bal, called the morning session to order
promptly at 9, and Rev, 7. w. Barrett, of
Columbia, offered he prayer. The wei
coming address was delivered by II. F.
Tripletr, OF Sweet Springs, and the re-
Spouse was made by Anthony Haynes, of
Boonville. Then Prof. ]. Fairbanks read
the opening paper, on THE Narrowing
Tendency Of the Teachers Calling" The
discussion was very warm, and was carried
on by Profs ]. T. Buchanan. Kansas City;
T. r. VickrOy st. Louis; G. B. Morrison,
Kansas City; r. q. Norton, Cape Gira--
deau; J. r, Kirk, Bethany, and L. E.
Werner, Kansas City.
A long paper, entitled, Temperance
Teaching in the Public Schools under the
Missouri Laws" was read by Mrs. l.. c.
Brock, of NJ aeon, and discussed at length
by K. B. Price, of Canton The two speak
ers were both of precisely the same opin-
ion on the subject.
The following committees were then ap-
pointed:
On nominations E. Wolfe, Moberly /;
E. A. Allen, Columbia; r. E. Oldham,
Jefferson City; j. R. Kirk, Bethany; w. ID.
Dobson, Csrrollton.
Auditing Committee-w. T. Carrington,
Jefferson City; ]. t. Buchanan, Kansas
City; L. r. Vickroy. st Louis
On Time and Places. 8. Laws, Colum-
bia; Anthony Haynes, Boonville; w. r
Holloway, Shelhiha.
ON resolutions r. c. Norton, Cape Gil
rardeau j. Fairbanks, Springfield; A. E
Wardner, NJ aeon T. w. Barrett, Column
bis; i. c. Mcneil. Kansas City.
In the afternoon Mr.. J. NJ. Barnard, of
Kirksville, opened the programme with a
paper on, "Ideas and Words" DR.. 8
Laws, of Columbia, and others participant
ed in the discussion.
A paper "What Geological Ideas Con-
stitute the Higest Kin Wedge Practicable
in School Room of To day" was read by
E. Wolfe, of Moberly, and the discussion
omitted.
T. r. Vickroy, of St. Louis, read an ex-
hsustive paper on "Arithme ic," which was
discussed at length by C. w Thompson, OF
Kansas City
Grammar" was the subject of the paper
read by J. T. Buchanan, of Kansas City.
The discussion was conducted By Z K.
Steele, of Mound City.
In the evening session Rev. /. J. Nichols,
of st. Louis, lectured to large audience
on the "Model Teacher"
Sweet Springs, Mo-, June 23.-The
teachers OF the iissouri State Association
met in regular session yesterday morning
at 9 and were called to order by President
Warren. Rev. 8. Nichols, of 81. Louis,
led in prayer.
DR.. s. s. Laws, of Columbia, read . long
and much enjoyed paper on Psychology
in Its Relation to School Teachers Work.
1t was discussed by r. c. Norton, OF Cape
Girardeau.
r. d. Shannon, of Louisiana, read q
paper on Teachers Institutes" which
was warmly discussed BY NJ. Shelton OF
Rich Hill, J. N. Barnard of Kirksville,
and J. T. Buchanan of Kansas City, all OF
whom agreed with Mr.. Shannon's senti-
ments.
j. III. Pelham. principal of the colored
shoots in Hannibal, read an excellent pa.
per, entitled, "The Negro as q Pupil, q
Teacher and a Citizen 1t was given
close and apprecistiye attention.
Prof. Carl Betz, of Kansas City, read 8
paper on physical Exercises In Public
Schools" in which he advocated the adop.
ton of calisthenic instructions in all the
schools of the State. At the close of his
paper he introduced his Kansas City
classes in various calistnenic exercises
Prof. w. E. Coleman of Jefferson City,
promised present of $25 to the class that
shall excel in the drill at the next regular
meeting of the association next year,
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into two sections, the college and district
school sections.
In the first Prof. Kendall read q care
fully written paper on English In Col
leges, and 1t was deliberately discussed BY
Prof. E. A. Allen, OF the State University
| c. ID. Adams, of Springfield, read q
paper on "A Practical Edubation." The
discussion was by DR.. s. s. Laws, Of
Columbis.
;. g. Clark, of Liberty, read paper on
"The College" which was discussed by
James Black, of Columbia.
In the district school section, w. B.
Dobson, of Carrollton, read the first paper
on "Primary Education" 1t was discussed
at length by ]. r. Kirk and others.
A paper on "The Methods of Teaching
in Country Schools" was next read by T.
E. Spencer, of Marshall, with discussion
by A. E. Wardner, of Macon.
A paper on "The Illinois Method Of
Grading and Supervising Country Schools
was read by 81. M. Hamill, of Jackson
vile, Ill.
The evening session was occupied with a
lecture by Rev. Richard Cordley, of Law.
renee, Kan, on Mechanical Element Of
Poetry" A large audience was in attend.
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